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Damascus Old City Umayyad (or Great) Mosque (Jamia al-Umaw… | Flickr Damascus Architecture, Old Syria, Syria Country, Comercial Interior Design, Old Mosque, Syria Pictures, Old Damascus, Arab Architecture, Arabian Architecture

Patron: al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (al-Walid I) c.674-715 (r.705-15) Patron Minaret: Abu al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din al-Ashraf Qaitbay c.1416/1418-1496 Circassian Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1468–96)

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Damascus, city, capital of Syria. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it has been called the ‘pearl of the East,’ praised for its beauty and lushness. It is unclear when the ancient city was founded, but evidence has been found showing that an urban center in the area existed in the 4th millennium BCE.

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